Save on Gifts That Keep on Giving — Savings Experiment

Date: Dec 19 2013
Filed under: Holiday Shopping, Travel, Savings Experiment View PollIf you tend to procrastinate, you probably still have some people to shop for this holiday season. Well, here are a few gifts that are not only thoughtful, they'll keep on giving, all ...Read More »

Microsoft and Netflix Are Going from Friends to Frenemies

Date: Dec 19 2013
Filed under: Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon.com, Entertainment Industry, Music & EntertainmentAlamy Microsoft (MSFT) and Netflix (NFLX) may have been the best of pals over the years, but that could be about to change. Microsoft is getting ready to introduce original video content ...Read More »

Three simple rules for 401(k) investing success

Date: Dec 19 2013
Three rules for investing in your 401(k) http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/9DaRw_1d6qc/ Read More »

Holiday sales blitz may be bonanza for car buyers

Date: Dec 19 2013
Automakers are quietly or overtly offering deals through the end of the month. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/DDWJ86GE0Y0/ Read More »

Employees will pay more for health care in 2014

Date: Dec 19 2013
New year likely to bring higher deductibles and co-pays, smaller employer contributions. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/WOhnMHLKQC8/ Read More »

Stocks mixed as Fed ‘easy money’ news awaited

Date: Dec 18 2013
Investors look ahead to a monetary policy call by the Federal Reserve. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/jibQtPFNPRw/ Read More »

Gulf spill: Ex-BP worker guilty of obstruction

Date: Dec 18 2013
Prosecutors argued that Kurt Mix was trying to destroy evidence. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/S_ugI_FyqpU/ Read More »

Zero-Commission Stock Trades? There’s an App for That

Date: Dec 18 2013
Filed under: Technology, Mobile Technology, Investing By Josh Constine Why pay E*Trade or Scottrade $7 to trade a stock when you could do it for free? That premise helped mobile investment app startup Robinhood raise the $3 million seed round led by ...Read More »

Will ‘Blackfish’ Sink SeaWorld’s Bottom Line?

Date: Dec 18 2013
Filed under: Earnings, Entertainment Industry, Scandals and Lawsuits, Vacation PlanningAlamy A raft of musical acts are bowing out of gigs at SeaWorld (SEAS) parks -- and they're just a few of the folks suddenly not willing to visit. Heart, Willie Nelson, Martina ...Read More »

New Home Construction Hits Highest Pace in 5 Years

Date: Dec 18 2013
Filed under: Mortgages, Real Estate, Housing Market, Home Buying, Interest RatesJustin Sullivan/Getty Images By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER WASHINGTON -- U.S. builders broke ground on homes at the fastest pace in more than five years, strong evidence that the housing recovery is accelerating ...Read More »